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DuPage Children's Museum's Storybook Festival Sept. 26 to explore sciences and the arts

Submitted by DuPage Children's Museum
Sep 17, 2020 6:30 PM - The DuPage Children's Museum invites families to get lost in their own imaginations at the Storybook Festival. On Saturday, Sept. 26, bookworms of all ages are encouraged to attend dressed as their favorite book character and enjoy this outdoor event full of fun, creativity, and adventure.
Anderson's virtual book event to feature 'Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy'

Submitted by Anderson's Bookshop
Sep 17, 2020 1:44 PM - Join Anderson's Bookshop for a virtual event with award-winning author Reid Forgrave and his new book, "Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy," on Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Book review: Ayad Akhtar's 'fever dream' of a fallen America

By Ann Levin
Sep 15, 2020 6:00 AM - An elegy is a mournful poem expressing regret for something lost. Ayad Akhtar's brilliant new novel, "Homeland Elegies," mourns an America that has lost its way in the half century since it welcomed his parents' generation of Muslim immigrants from Pakistan.
Review: Ayad Akhtar's `fever dream' of a fallen America

By ANN LEVIN
Sep 14, 2020 9:09 AM - In 2013, Ayad Akhtar won a Pulitzer Prize for his hit Broadway play 'œDisgraced,' about a dinner party that goes off track as two couples confront their racial and ethnic prejudices
Book review: 'Just Us' looks at what it means to be white in America

By Jeff Rowe
Sep 12, 2020 7:30 AM - Rodney King, the African American man whose beating by Los Angeles Police ignited civil upheaval in 1992, famously said later: "Can't we all just get along?" The answer, which has taken on renewed importance these past months: Not yet. And as readers learn in "Just Us: An American Conversation," by Yale University professor Claudia Rankine, we have wide bridges of understanding to build.
Review: Book looks at what it means to be white in America

By JEFF ROWE
Sep 10, 2020 3:25 PM - In 'œJust Us,' Yale University professor and author Claudia Rankine invites readers for a conversation on what it means to be white in America
Book review: Novel 'Monogamy' explores unconditional love

By Rob Merrill
Sep 9, 2020 6:00 AM - Even after reading all 338-plus pages of Sue Miller's new novel, "Monogamy," it's hard to tell if the noun of the title is aspirational or unattainable. And maybe that's the point.
Review: Novel 'Monogamy' explores unconditional love

By ROB MERRILL
Sep 8, 2020 10:05 AM - Monogamy is rare in the animal kingdom, with humans and birds the most aspirational of species
Review: 'Fool's Paradise' is an unexpected disappointment

By BRUCE DeSILVA
Sep 8, 2020 7:34 AM - Since he was chosen to resurrect the late great Robert B
Book review: Writer Eula Biss reflects on contradictions of capitalism

By Ann Levin
Sep 7, 2020 7:27 AM - When it comes to capitalism, Eula Biss is a skeptic. And yet, as a university professor and homeowner, she's invested in the system. Out of those contradictions, she's written a sensational new book, "Having and Being Had," which tries to figure out whether it's possible to live an ethical life in a capitalist society.

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